The phrase "a shift in means" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a change in the methods or resources being utilized to achieve a goal or outcome.
Example: "The organization is experiencing a shift in means as it adopts new technologies to improve efficiency."
Alternatives: "a change in methods" or "an alteration in resources."
For example, the probability distribution functions (PDFs) of groundwater elevation for the case of urban region show a shift in mean as well as lower asymmetry as compared to forested regions.
Specifically, under the Michaelis-Menten model, a shift in mean glucose between the control and treatment groups by δ g units translates into an approximate (first-order) − M R gluc max / ( K M + μ g ) 2 × δ g change in the mean level of K i (see Additional file 3).
An examination of Figure 2 suggests that they may have seen a shift in mean vessel size rather than numbers.
However, we identified changes in the general body shape of hybrid zone individuals, with a shift in mean morphology for all genomic combinations of the hybrid zone, regardless of sampling station or the age or sex of specimens.
After the correlated response to selection on adults, selective mortality of larvae may then cause a shift in mean SAH toward larger sizes.
A possible explanation for these findings is that the intervention produced a change in the shape of the blood pressure distribution, as opposed to a shift in mean blood pressure.
To detect a shift in mean adherence from 65%to85%5% (assuming a standard deviation in each group of 30%) with 90% power at the 5% significance level, we estimated that we would require 47 participants in each group.
Data are generated from three different sets of parameters (CWS and CBS, and the aim is to detect a shift in mean of 2s.d. Dataset 1 has no CWS and CBS (ϕ=0 and ρ=0).
The statistical model assumed a common variance/covariance structure while allowing for a shift in the means for different farmworker classifications.
